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Liberal Author Wakes Up to the Reality of the Democrats’ Love for Illegal Alien Power

Author Lionel Shriver is raising concerns about U.S. immigration policy, arguing that actions taken under former President Joe Biden reflect intentional decision-making rather than simple policy failures.

Shriver said her views have shifted over time as she reassessed how immigration policies have been carried out.

“I resisted for a long time this notion that Democrats were deliberately inviting masses of foreigners into the country because they wanted to to grow little Democrats and create a one party state,” she said.

She added that her earlier view attributed the situation to mismanagement. “I imagined a lot of it was incompetence and fecklessness,” Shriver said.

However, she said her perspective has changed.

“Now there may be an element of that, but I think it was more intentional,” she said.

Shriver specifically pointed to border policy decisions during the Biden administration.

“The Biden administration opened that border on purpose,” she said.

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Governor Silent as Chinese Cannabis Cartels Swallow Rural Maine — Some With Her Brother’s Help

On April 1, 2025, Somerset County sheriff’s deputies executed a warrant at a South Road property in Harmony and arrested Wenfeng Chen, 51, of Malden, Massachusetts. Inside, they found 1,405 marijuana plants, approximately 100 pounds of processed cannabis, a 9mm pistol, ammunition, and $1,600 in drug proceeds. Chen and his co-defendant, Xinwen Zhang, 71, of Boston, now face Class B felony charges — unlawful cultivation and drug trafficking — the kind of charges that can put you in prison for ten years, or get you deported.

It was the second time law enforcement had hit the same Harmony property. Deputies raided it in May 2024 and seized more than 1,200 plants, but no one was home.

Law enforcement would have to wait another eleven months to find Wenfeng Chen on the premises.

But one year before Chen was arrested with illicit drugs, cash, and a firearm, the Maine Wire photographed a 2017 Mercedes-Benz sedan bearing Massachusetts plates registered in Chen’s name at his Charles St. address in Malden, Mass.

The vehicle was parked at the site of a separate illicit cannabis grow, 51 Cider Hill Road in Corinna, where the local code enforcement officer had repeatedly denied requests from the owners to upgrade the electrical capacity because large-scale cannabis cultivation is illegal in that town.

Chen happened to share an address with Xiling Ou, 44, the man who owned the Corinna property until he gave it away, allegedly to his mother, Xiaoyu Lu of Guangdong Province, China.

The attorney who made that gift happen was Paul H. Mills — better known as the brother of Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D), the woman currently vying for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination and a chance to square off against Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.

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PA Dem Commissioner Charged With Dozens of Felony Drug Offenses

A local elected official in Pennsylvania is facing extensive felony drug charges following an investigation that authorities say uncovered evidence of repeated narcotics transactions over a nearly two-year period.

Zachary Borghi, a Democratic commissioner in Lehigh County, was arrested and arraigned in late March in connection with the case. He remains in custody at the Lehigh County Jail after failing to post $500,000 bail.

Prosecutors allege that Borghi faces a wide range of charges, including 89 counts of criminal use of a communication facility, 14 counts related to the delivery of cocaine, and an additional count involving the delivery of psilocybin mushrooms. The charges stem from what investigators describe as a detailed review of digital communications spanning from November 2023 through August 2025.

According to the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office, the case was built in part through forensic analysis of Borghi’s cellphone and Apple iCloud data. Authorities say the records include text messages that appear to show arrangements for drug transactions taking place across multiple locations, including his home, a relative’s residence, government offices, and other sites within the region.

Among the more serious allegations, prosecutors claim that Borghi conducted or facilitated drug-related communications during official public events. These include a Lehigh County Board of Commissioners meeting and a “Peace and Justice Symposium” held at Northampton Community College. Investigators say they were able to match timestamps from text messages with video recordings of public meetings, strengthening the case.

Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan said the investigation initially identified Borghi through a broader grand jury probe before additional evidence led to the current charges.

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New audio recordings put Petro’s government on the spot over alleged efforts to shield drug traffickers wanted in the United States

The audios that have shaken Colombia in recent hours are no minor episode. Far from it, they are not just another anecdote in the long list of controversies surrounding President Gustavo Petro.

What is at stake, according to security and justice experts, is the possibility that members close to the government may have discussed or hinted at alleged efforts to favor drug traffickers wanted by U.S. authorities.

This issue alone would be enough to spark a political storm, but it takes on another dimension as it surfaces just before diplomatic meetings and at a time of particular sensitivity for Bogotá and Washington.

The audios were released by sources that so far have kept the exact origin of the material confidential.

They feature several voices talking about contacts and potential maneuvers involving drug lords facing ongoing proceedings in the United States. Although President Petro is not heard in the recordings, opposition sectors interpret the content as a sign that someone within the government could be willing to provide some form of unofficial protection or negotiation.

The president’s response was swift. Petro called the recordings “smear tactics” and asserted that he has never had contact with drug traffickers nor ordered any irregular intervention in favor of criminal organizations.

He did admit, however, that he was alerted to the existence of the audios before meeting with President Donald Trump, which heightened suspicions in diplomatic circles and raised concerns about whether the Casa de Nariño fears that these leaks could damage its relationship with Washington.

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He didn’t want to cuff people in crisis. Anne Arundel police made him a mall cop.

Lt. Steven Thomas, who led the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team to international renown, has been reassigned to mall security after being disciplined for giving his officers the discretion not to handcuff people with mental illness or addiction.

His apparent ouster from the unit he’s helmed for a decade sent shock waves through the county’s criminal justice and substance abuse and mental health treatment circles.

Melissa Owens, a longtime Anne Arundel County Public Schools high school teacher who has bipolar disorder, credits Thomas’ unit with saving her life on several occasions when she was in crisis. She said Thomas’ reassignment, and the apparent reasoning, “raises questions.”

“Why have an entire program where you train first responders in how to use this discretion, all the tools they have in action, and then tell them you can’t use them?” said Owens, who now helps train officers on responding to people in mental crisis. “That’s pointless to me.”

Thomas is now assigned to the Bureau of Community Services, Police Department spokesperson Justin Mulcahy said. He declined to answer other questions, including about what prompted the change. Mulcahy said an acting lieutenant was in charge of the crisis unit.

A 30-year police veteran, Thomas now works out of the department’s post at Arundel Mills Mall, said O’Brien Atkinson, president of the union that represents Anne Arundel police officers. Atkinson said he couldn’t discuss the reassignment but lauded Thomas’ leadership of the Crisis Intervention Team.

“Our CIT program has been recognized as one of the best in the nation and world, really,” Atkinson said. “I think he certainly was a big part of that.”

Under Thomas’ leadership, the police crisis team was declared the best in the world in 2020 by CIT International. His unit also received that organization’s first regional platinum certification in 2024. These accolades drew praise from elected officials and contributed to Anne Arundel County’s status as the gold standard for crisis response in Maryland.

Officers in Thomas’ unit wear light-blue collared shirts and complete specialized training on how to help people in crisis. They connect people with mental illness or addiction to treatment. They sometimes transport people deemed to be dangerous because of mental illness to hospitals for emergency evaluations. When there’s a terrible tragedy, like a homicide, CIT officers respond to the emotional needs of people affected by it.

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California FRAUD SCANDAL Keeps Getting Worse: LA School District Employee Accused of Running $22M Kickback Scheme

The latest corruption case in California’s public education system serves as a warning sign of a deeper structural failure—one that reflects weak oversight, misplaced priorities, and leadership that has consistently failed to enforce accountability.

As the Los Angeles Times reported, a former Los Angeles Unified School District employee is accused of directing $22 million in contracts to a private technology firm in exchange for roughly $3 million in kickbacks. 

Prosecutors have described the scheme as the largest of its kind in the district’s history, involving shell companies, manipulated bidding processes, and deliberate efforts to conceal wrongdoing.

The details are not merely concerning—they are revealing. According to the complaint, the employee allegedly controlled the contract selection process, removed oversight personnel, and coordinated directly with the vendor to ensure favorable outcomes. 

At one point, messages cited by prosecutors indicate explicit awareness of wrongdoing, including instructions to delete communications and avoid detection.

This level of coordination does not occur in a system with strong safeguards. It occurs in a system where oversight mechanisms either fail or can be easily bypassed.

That reality leads to a broader question: how does a scheme of this scale operate for years inside one of the largest school districts in the country without being stopped?

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At Corewell Dearborn, One U.S.-Trained Doctor Out of 33 Residents. Medical Group Alleges Discrimination.

A medical advocacy group that has made a name challenging  “the disastrous consequences of identity politics” in healthcare has filed a civil rights complaint alleging that Corewell Health’s Dearborn hospital is effectively shutting out U.S.-trained medical graduates from its residency program.

The group, Do No Harm, points to numbers that speak for themselves.

Of 33 residents at Corewell Dearborn, only one attended medical school in the United States. The rest trained abroad, largely in a tight cluster of countries.

Nine are from Sudan. Eight from Pakistan. Four from Jordan. Others from Palestine, Bahrain, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. The program’s director attended medical school in Lebanon.

Numbers like these demand an explanation from Corewell.

Hospital spokeswomen Julia Kendzicky and Sharon Stanton did not respond to requests for comment.

Do No Harm argues the pattern crosses a legal line. Federal law bars discrimination in programs receiving government funding based on race or national origin. Residency programs are no exception.

Do No Harm’s complaint asks that it be referred to the Justice Department for further examination.

Residency programs are not private fellowships or informal apprenticeships. They are the gateways of American medicine. They determine who gets trained, who gets licensed, and who ends up treating patients.

Corewell Dearborn serves a heavily Arab and Muslim patient population. Whether that has anything to do with how residents are selected is unclear. The hospital has a “C” rating from Leapfrog Group, a closely followed patient safety advocacy nonprofit. 

In its complaint, Do No Harm alleges that two other U.S. hospitals are discriminating against U.S.-trained medical graduates.

Of Texas Tech’s current residents, Do No Harm alleges that 95% are from foreign medical schools, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Syria. The program’s directors attended medical school in Iraq, the complaint alleges.

Over 70% of HCA Healthcare’s residents in Brandon, Florida were trained abroad, and in the most recent cohort, there are no American-trained residents, according to the complaint. Residents are from, among other countries, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey. The program’s directors received medical training in Egypt and Pakistan.

Manhattan Institute senior fellow Ilya Shapiro told Fox News that in addition to violating civil rights law, the medical programs could also be violating immigration law.

“That kind of disproportionate hiring pattern definitely raises an inference that the programs are violating the law, so HHS should indeed investigate,” Shapiro said. “In addition to the civil rights laws, there may be a violation of immigration law as well, because visas can only be granted if no qualified American can be found for the job or, in the medical context, to serve areas with a lack of doctors (not the case for internal-medicine residencies).”

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Secret link between Eric Swalwell, his billionaire pal and a Penthouse Pet accused of honey trapping rich old men

Stephen Cloobeck, an eccentric, lefty billionaire who’s burned more than $1 million supporting Rep. Eric Swalwell’s run for California governor, is engaged to a Penthouse Pet and Israeli OnlyFans model who’s facing a string of criminal charges for allegedly burglarizing the homes of rich old men in Los Angeles.

The Post can reveal that Swalwell’s campaign benefactor recently became engaged to Adva Lavie, who also goes by the name Shoshana and has been accused of posing as a romantic partner or travel companion before stealing cash, gold, and high-end designer goods.

In an exclusive interview, Cloobeck told The Post that his new fiancée – whom he started dating just eight months ago – is not a “menace to society” but rather a victim like himself.

“The story is twisted. Her story has not been told,” Cloobeck said.

“She has been abused. I’m a man that has been abused by women. You don’t think I’ve done my homework?”

The alleged honeytrapper is set to be arraigned Monday on six felony charges, including two counts of grand theft, two counts of burglary and two counts of unauthorized use of personal identifying information.

Cloobeck and Shoshana’s engagement party was held in March at Cloobeck’s $26 million home – the same Beverly Hills mansion where Swalwell has been posting promotional videos for his campaign while missing votes in Congress.

Social media posts show Swalwell appears to have visited Cloobeck’s palatial 9,700-square-foot estate numerous times since September.

A luxury real estate listing for the home notes that it is “double gated,” presumably to keep criminals out. But it now appears the full house has also included a woman with an ankle monitor.

Prosecutors allege that between 2023 and 2025, Lavie used dating apps to cultivate relationships with wealthy older men and younger women across Los Angeles County, including in Beverly Hills and West Hollywood.

District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Lavie “exploited trust built through online relationships to gain access to victims’ homes and steal from them.”

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Epstein and billionaire shrink pal emailed about disguises, plastic surgery for escaping the law, docs show

An email between Jeffrey Epstein and a billionaire shrink pal runs through options for avoiding trouble with the law — including steps such as wearing disguises or undergoing plastic surgery, documents released by the Department of Justice show.

A May 1, 2009, email from his longtime friend and confidante, Gramercy Park psychiatrist Dr. Henry Jarecki, titled “What If I Get Caught,” contains a long list of items essential to escape law enforcement.

The email, fired off by an assistant, purportedly was sent because the doctor — who made his money trading commodities — was interested in writing a book on the topic.

“Dr. Jarecki asked me to send you the following notes, along with the statement, ‘I’m thinking of writing a new book, and I need a co-author,’” it reads.

At that time, Epstein was nearing the end of his 13-month Florida prison sentence for solicitation of prostitution as part of his 2008 non-prosecution “sweetheart deal.”

The note lays out a 7-point plan to live on the lam, starting with items like “don’t use credit cards” and “computer security” for “trouble avoidance” — and ends with mentions of going “in hiding” or “overseas.”

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Hochul running mate Adrienne Adams funneled $435K to migrant shelter tied to federal probe

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s running mate – former NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams – dished out $435,000 in taxpayer-funded political pork to a shady migrant-shelter provider at the center of a federal corruption probe, The Post has learned.

The Democratic lieutenant governor candidate gave Brooklyn-based nonprofit BHRAGS Home Care Inc. $375,000 in discretionary funds through her speaker’s pot from 2022 to 2025, Council records show. The taxpayer’s dough was earmarked for the group’s senior and youth after-school programs.

The Queens-based pol also directly tacked on another $60,000 to help it assist the mentally ill, the records show.

In all, the Council under her leadership doled out $544,900 to BHRAGS since 2021, according to the records.

Councilwoman Farah Louis kicked in another $72,000, and other council members chipped in the remaining $37,900, records show.

The feds are looking into whether Louis; her sister, Deborah Louis, who serves as Hochul’s assistant secretary for NYC intergovernmental affairs; Edu Hermelyn, husband of state Assemblywoman and Brooklyn Democratic Party chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn; and others accepted bribes or kickbacks to boost BHRAGS.

The Flatbush-based nonprofit has received $185.4 million in no-bid city contracts since 2022 to provide emergency shelters for migrants and other homeless people, according to NYC Comptroller’s Office records. 

The nonprofit’s executive director, Roberto Samedy, its former board chairman, Jean Ronald Tirelus, and two others connected to BHRAGS were arrested Tuesday as part of the corruption probe for allegedly pocketing more than $1 million in kickbacks linked to city-run migrant shelters.

BHRAGS reps have said it’s “fully cooperating with law enforcement” and that Samedy was placed on administrative leave.

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